Country size comparison

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Ghana is about 1.9 times bigger than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Ghana is approximately 238,533 sq km, making Ghana 95% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (13.7 million more people live in Ghana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Ghana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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